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Clethra
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thumb|right|Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby spice'

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyClethraceae
Native toAlabama, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast
Observations recorded66,784

General: Members of Clethra are found in secondary and primary

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,390
With media
791
Family
Clethraceae
Collections
ECOSUR, FCB-BUAP, INECOL, UCMP, UNICACH, FC-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Clethraceae
Image
Clethra arborea1.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Clethra
Commons category
Clethra
topic's main category
Category:Clethra
taxon common name
山柳属
has fruit type
capsule
taxonomic type
Clethra alnifolia
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Fossil record
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby spice'

Clethra is a genus of flowering shrubs or small trees described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clethra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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